...for dissension, Washington advised vigilance against "the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest or to enfeeble...sacred ties which now link together the various parts." It was this mystical idea of popular government and democracy that propelled Abraham Lincoln to call...

...Honor and other medals of valor — A primer on US flag traditions and etiquette WHAT is A PATRIOT? "The name of AMERICAN, which belongs to you, in your...capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism." GEORGE WASHINGTON "True patriotism springs from a belief in the dignity of the individual, freedom...

...American to remind his countrymen that they were 'Citizens, by birth or choice, of a common country' which 'has a right to concentrate your affections. The name...which belongs to you, in your national capacity,' he stressed, 'must always exalt the just pride of patriotism, more than any appellation derived from...

...any event be abandoned; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of even- attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble...sacred ties which now link together the various parts." Besides these means for preserving the unity of the nation, Washington habitually insisted upon the...

...would have connected in any way with American citizens who would in any way dishonor the American flag. "Citizens by birth or choice, of a common country,...country has a right to concentrate your affections," he said. "The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt...

...would have connected in any way with American citizens who would in any way dishonor the American flag. "Citizens by birth or choice, of a common country,...country has a right to concentrate your affections," he said. 'The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt...

...disdained Virginia parochialism, always exhorting his fellow citizens to resist "every attempt to alienate any portion of our Country from the rest, or to enfeeble...sacred ties which now link together the various parts." And he was not intimidated by the excellence of the schools of New England. In 1795, he hoped that...

...emergent national character that can and must overcome all lesser, parochial identities: "The name American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of more than any appellation derived from local discriminations." The new nation would be defined by a...